Astoria Column
The Astoria Column is a tower in the northwest United States, overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River on Coxcomb Hill in Astoria, Oregon. Built in 1926, the concrete and steel structure is part of a 30-acre city park called Astor Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: tower in Astoria, Oregon, United States
- Also known as: “Astor Column” and “Astoria Column Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Astoria and Columbia Memorial Hospital.
Fort Astoria
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Astoria was the primary fur trading post of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company. A maritime contingent of PFC staff was sent on board the Tonquin, while another party traveled overland from St. Louis.
Columbia Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Columbia Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed medical facility in Astoria, Oregon. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Oregon Synod.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Astoria and Navy Heights.
Astoria
Photo: Farwestern, CC BY 3.0.
Astoria is a city on the Northern Oregon Coast. It is a small rainy town on the edge of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. It is famous for being the terminus for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the setting of the movie The Goonies, and its Victorian-era homes built into the hillside overlooking the Columbia River.
Navy Heights
Neighborhood
Navy Heights is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. It began as a housing project in nearby Astoria. Navy Heights is situated 2 miles east of Astoria Column.
Miles Crossing
Locality
Miles Crossing is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Miles Crossing is situated 2½ miles southwest of Astoria Column.
Astoria Column
- Categories: tower and recreation area
- Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.18121° or 46° 10′ 52″ northLongitude
-123.81775° or 123° 49′ 4″ westElevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
84RR55JJ+FVOpenStreetMap ID
way 52638190OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Astoria Column” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Astoria Column”
- Dutch: “Astoria Column”
- Italian: “Colonna di Astoria”
- Spanish: “Columna de Astoria”
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Explore places such as Tide Point and Uppertown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coxcomb Hill and Time Capsule.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Astoria Column”. Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.